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Am i going insane or what? Where do you draw the line between blaming something or someone for getting this OR saying to yourself that nothing you did caused this..... that it just happened?Im finding it difficult to accept that i have cancer when i feel well but j...Read More
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Hi all, I just wanted to introduce myself. I was diagnosed with a Grade 2 Glioma in 2015 at age 38 and just after I had my second child. I had an awake craniotomy to remove the tumour (yes! awake! ) and all MRIs since have shown no recurrance of tumour. While it i...Read More
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My husband was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma last week with lesions on lung and liver. They did a liver biopsy. This week his scans show the cancer is widespread through his stomach lining, lungs and liver with liver duct blocked and some fluid in one lung. H...Read More
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I had mastectomy of my right breast 3 weeks ago. Pathology showed DCIS at 12cm, and that cancer was totally removed, so I don't have to have radiotherapy or chemo. I will be on Tamoxifen for 5 years starting in January. I still have quite a lot of pain at my wou...Read More
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I was recently given an average survival time of 5 years after being diagnosed with stage 3 Glioma Brain cancer. My question is what can we expect with any time frame? I don't expect everything to be fine and dandy for 4 years and eleven months but do we g...Read More
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Hi, I have recently been diagnosed with invasive TC tumours in the bladder and will have to undergo radical cystectomy and have a neobladder fashioned. I am looking to discuss the procedure and lifestyle changes necessary with someone who has undergone this proced...Read More
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Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP)
CUP is invisible in Australia. I know. I was diagnosed with it in February 2009. As a health professional and a CUP survivor I am stunned by the silence and lack of recognition of this cancer.
CUP is a cancer defined by the word ’l...Read More
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Hi everyone.
I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer stage 1b grade 3, an aggressive cancer. My journey involved a simple doctors appointment
which changed my life into some urgency with hospital appointments, scans, operations then more appointments for discussion...Read More
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Hi, I have now survived cancer three times. Last bout was bowel cancer - stage 4 aggressive. I had 30cm of bowel removed along with a heap of lymph nodes. I finished chemo March 2015 but only got the all clear two months ago and got my port removed. I really feel l...Read More
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